Workshop Description:This workshop focuses on several key
legal and ethical issues in supervision, including: The legal and ethical
duties of a supervisor; scope of competency/scope of practice; The
supervisor-supervisee relationship; supervisor/ supervisee
boundaries; identifying and resolving conflicts with supervisees; The use
of agreements with supervisees; supervision in agency settings; supervision in
private-practice; employing interns; advertising and disclosure requirements; handling
fees and insurance; documentation and record-keeping requirements; and,
termination/end of internship issues. This
six-hour course may be used to fulfill a portion of the requirements for
becoming a CAMFT Certified Supervisor and provides six hours of continuing
education in supervision or six hours of continuing education in
law and ethics (the six hours can be counted toward the attendee’s supervision
continuing education requirements or the attendee’s law and ethics continuing
education requirements, not both.)

Level of Learning - Intermediate

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of the
workshop Supervisors will be able to:
1. Recognize where to
find the relevant statutes, regulations and ethical standards that apply to
supervision with marriage and family therapist interns, associate clinical
social workers and professional clinical counselor
interns;
2. Appropriately guide
supervisees regarding the legal and ethical aspects of advertising and required
disclosures;
3. Appropriately guide
supervisees regarding the legal and ethical aspects of confidentiality with
minors, couples and families.